Table 1 Background factors and resident characteristics.

From: Empathy competence and future specialty among medical residents in Japan: a nationwide cross-sectional study

 

ALL, n = 824 (% or SD)

Hospital-level variables

 Hospital type (%)

  University

98 (11.9%)

  University branch

55 (6.7%)

  Community

671 (81.4%)

 Hospital ___location (%)

  Urban

239 (29.0%)

  Rural

585 (71.0%)

 Number of beds

Mean 552.36 (SD 218.8)

Resident-level variables

 Sex (%)

  Men

593 (72.0%)

  Women

231 (28.0%)

 PGY (%)

  PGY-1

364 (44.2%)

  PGY-2

460 (55.8%)

 ED duties per month (%)

  None

37 (4.5%)

  1–2

130 (15.8%)

  3–5

587 (71.2%)

  6 or more

70 (8.5%)

 Average number of inpatients in charge (%)

  0–4

220 (26.7%)

  5–9

497 (60.3%)

  10–14

78 (9.5%)

  15 or more

29 (3.5%)

 Resident duty hours per week (%)

  59 or fewer

298 (36.2%)

  60–79

333 (40.4%)

  80 or more

193 (23.4%)

 Have mentor(s)?

  Yes

561 (68.1%)

  No

263 (31.9%)

 Jefferson scale of empathy

103.61 (15.0%)

 GM-ITE score

46.29 (7.3%)

  1. PGY postgraduate years, GM-ITE general medicine in-training examination, ED emergency department.